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Psychological Symptoms Linking Exposure to Community Violence and Academic Functioning in African American Adolescents

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African American adolescents are exposed disproportionately to community violence, increasing their risk
for emotional and behavioral symptoms that can detract from learning and undermine academic outcomes.The present study examined whether aggressive behavior and depressive and anxious symptomsmediated the association between exposure to community violence and academic functioning, and if the indirect effects of community violence on academic functioning differed for boys and girls, in a community sample of
urban African American adolescents (N = 491; 46.6 % female). Structural equationmodelingwas used to examine the indirect effect of exposure to community violence in grade 6 on grade 8 academic unctioning.Results revealed that aggression in grade 7 mediated the association between grade 6 exposure
to community violence and grade 8 academic functioning. There were no indirect effects through depressive and anxious symptoms, and gender did not moderate the indirect effect. Findings highlight the importance of targeting aggressive behavior for youth exposed to community violence to not only
improve their behavioral adjustment but also their academic functioning. Implications for future research are discussed. Keywords Community violence exposure  Academic functioning  Aggressive behavior

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Judul Seri

J Youth Adolescence

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New York : Springer Science+Business Media., 2013

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J Youth Adolescence (2013) 42:250–262

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English

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REMAJA

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